It was headline news around the globe in May when Dave Goldberg, 47, Survey Monkey’s Chief Executive Officer and the husband of Facebook Chief Operating Officer and Lean In author Sheryl Sandberg, 45, died suddenly of heart-related causes while the couple was vacationing in Mexico. One thing that caught my attention was the financial shock this kind […]

LOVE YOUR JOB: THE NEW RULES FOR CAREER HAPPINESS The “Your” in this book’s title is intentional. This book is about loving the job you have currently, not transitioning to a new job or career you might love. It is especially geared toward a middle-age audience. Because of the harsh reality of a still unsteady […]

I’ve been on a soapbox talking about ways people can be more engaged in their jobs, and, in fact, love them, ever since my book, Love Your Job: The New Rules for Career Happiness was published this spring. So a recent study by Gallup made me smile. It said: “Female managers are more engaged […]

“This is your life, there’s no reason to be miserable everyday.” Do you hate your job? Author Kerry Hannon has a few good tips. The immediate thought may be, simply, to quit. For most of us, that’s not feasible option in the heat of the moment. So what do you do? Watch Video By Clicking […]

A fact of life they didn’t tell you middle school: You’ll likely be flying solo at some point during your retirement, if not at the start. “From the age of 65 to the end of life, most American women are single, and if they lost a partner, their standard of living drops,” says Kerry Hannon, […]

Until 2008, Kenny Thacker had spent his career working in construction around the tiny town of Stanardsville, Va. But when the homebuilding business came crashing down that year, he found himself without a job. After two frustrating years looking for a new one, he decided to build something other than homes—his own beermaking business. An […]

Your Money Matters: Career advice from Love Your Job author Kerry Hannon Love Your Job: The New Rules for Career Happiness Kerry’s HOVER Approach HOVER stands for the five core ingredients you must have, or will need to develop, to create change in your working life. Hope is essential. When you have confidence that you can […]

When it comes to reentering the workforce after a bout of unemployment, the reality for many older workers is that they may make less money in their next job. In the recent survey “The Long Road Back: Struggling to Find Work After Unemployment,” the AARP Public Policy Institute found that almost half of people ages […]

When the U.S. Senate wanted to know more about the role of work in the lives of older Americans, they tapped author and careers expert Kerry Hannon, among others, to testify in a hearing on June 24, 2015. Hannon described the contours of a changing landscape, given current demographic and workplace trends, and highlighted policy […]

When I was invited by the Senate Special Committee on Aging and its Chairman, Senator Susan M. Collins (R-Maine), and Ranking Member, Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.), to testify at its June 24th hearing, Work in Retirement: Career Reinventions and the New Retirement Workscape, I was honored, and admittedly, a little thrilled. The specific request: “We would […]

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I testified before the Senate Special Committee on Aging and its Chairman, Senator Susan M. Collins (R-Maine), and Ranking Member, Claire McCaskill at its June 24th hearing, Work in Retirement: Career Reinventions and the New Retirement Workscape, I was honored, and admittedly, a little thrilled Watch the video